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Caterpillar Inc. [CAT] Stock Forecast

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Caterpillar Inc. is a US stock, located in Deerfield of Illinois and trading under the symbol CAT

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CAT Stock Summary

Earnings have grown 22.09% per last year.

Earnings are expected to rise 18.7% next year

EPS has been increasing for the past 3 quarters (Quarter statements)

CAT's dividend payments are well covered by cash flows with cash payout ratio of 32.62%.

CAT has more than 2 years of cash runway (25 months)

Debt-to-Equity ratio of 1.64 is considered moderate, deeper research suggested.

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Reasons to Add Caterpillar (CAT) Stock to Your Portfolio

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CAT Financial details

Company Rating

Strong Buy

Market Cap

122.88B

Income

7.37B

Revenue

56.63B

Book val./share

29.7

Cash/share

12.09

Dividend

4.62

Dividend %

1.96%

Employees

107.7K

Optionable

Yes

Shortable

Yes

Earnings

26 Jan 2023

P/E

18.91

Forward P/E

23.61

PEG

1.25

P/S

2.19

P/B

7.95

P/C

19.53

P/FCF

32.94

Quick Ratio

0.78

Current Ratio

1.41

Debt / Equity

1.64

LT Debt / Equity

1.63

EPS (TTM)

13.86

EPS next Y

EPS next Q

2.01

EPS this Y

116.52%

EPS next Y

-27.85%

EPS next 5Y

-27.85%

EPS last 5Y

56.52%

Revenue last 5Y

2.31%

Revenue Q/Q

5.24%

EPS Q/Q

23.49%

SMA20

10.3%

SMA50

32.54%

SMA100

34.28%

Inst Own

66.28%

Inst Trans

-0.78%

ROA

ROE

45%

ROC

0.15%

Gross Margin

29%

Oper. Margin

14%

Profit Margin

13%

Payout

33%

Shs Outstand

520.41M

Shs Float

519.17M

Target Price

234.56

52W Range

160.6-239.85

52W High

-1.2%

52W Low

+47.58%

RSI

66.81

Rel Volume

0.71

Avg Volume

3.14M

Volume

2.22M

Perf Week

-0.48%

Perf Month

30.79%

Perf Quarter

14.14%

Perf Half Y

5.94%

Beta

1.11643

Volatility

1.4%, 14.21%

Prev Close

0.19%

Price

236.13

Change

-0.33%

CAT Financial Performance

Yearly Fundamentals Overview

Last date of statement is 2021-12-31

Metric	2017-12-31	2018-12-31	2019-12-31	2020-12-31	2021-12-31
Revenue per share	76.82	92.53	95.8	76.73	93.7
Net income per share	1.27	10.39	10.85	5.51	11.93
Operating cash flow per share	9.64	11.09	12.31	11.63	13.23
Free cash flow per share	5.69	6.16	7.56	7.74	8.69
Cash per share	13.96	13.29	14.75	17.19	17.01
Book value per share	23.14	23.74	25.98	28.18	30.3
Tangible book value per share	9.22	10.09	12.23	14.11	16.82
Share holders equity per share	23.14	23.74	25.98	28.18	30.3
Interest debt per share	59.83	62.49	67.8	69.25	70.36
Market cap	96.91B	76.95B	76.02B	99.48B	109.43B
Enterprise value	123.53B	105.64B	105.4B	127.29B	137.97B
P/E ratio	128.53	12.52	12.48	33.18	16.86
Price to sales ratio	2.13	1.41	1.41	2.38	2.15
POCF ratio	17	11.73	11	15.72	15.2
PFCF ratio	28.79	21.13	17.92	23.62	23.16
P/B Ratio	7.08	5.48	5.21	6.49	6.64
PTB ratio	7.08	5.48	5.21	6.49	6.64
EV to sales	2.72	1.93	1.96	3.05	2.71
Enterprise value over EBITDA	16.47	9.59	9.73	18.32	12.46
EV to operating cash flow	21.66	16.11	15.25	20.12	19.17
EV to free cash flow	36.7	29.01	24.84	30.22	29.19
Earnings yield	0.01	0.08	0.08	0.03	0.06
Free cash flow yield	0.03	0.05	0.06	0.04	0.04
Debt to equity	1.74	1.78	1.8	1.7	1.58
Debt to assets	0.82	0.82	0.81	0.8	0.8
Net debt to EBITDA	3.55	2.61	2.71	4	2.58
Current ratio	1.35	1.37	1.47	1.53	1.46
Interest coverage	8.3	20.53	19.69	8.86	14.09
Income quality	7.56	1.07	1.13	2.11	1.11
Dividend Yield	0.02	0.03	0.03	0.02	0.02
Payout ratio	2.43	0.32	0.35	0.75	0.36
Sales general and administrative to revenue	0	0	0	0	0
Research and developement to revenue	0.04	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.03
Intangibles to total assets	0.11	0.1	0.1	0.1	0.09
Capex to operating cash flow	-0.41	-0.44	-0.39	-0.33	-0.34
Capex to revenue	-0.05	-0.05	-0.05	-0.05	-0.05
Capex to depreciation	-0.81	-1.05	-1.04	-0.87	-1.05
Stock based compensation to revenue	0	0	0	0	0
Graham number	25.76	74.51	79.63	59.1	90.18
ROIC	0.09	0.16	0.16	0.09	0.13
Return on tangible assets	0.01	0.09	0.09	0.04	0.09
Graham Net	-63.84	-63.78	-64.96	-64.89	-67.96
Working capital	9.31B	10.39B	12.57B	13.75B	13.61B
Tangible asset value	5.46B	5.97B	6.87B	7.68B	9.15B
Net current asset value	-26.95B	-25.83B	-24.63B	-23.48B	-22.82B
Invested capital	2.55	2.6	2.58	2.42	2.29
Average receivables	16.49B	17.12B	17.34B	16.78B	17.08B
Average payables	6.31B	6.59B	6.04B	6.13B	7.14B
Average inventory	10.71B	11.47B	11.33B	11.4B	12.72B
Days sales outstanding	130.01	116.41	121.47	146.71	124.42
Days payables outstanding	74.7	68.23	58.16	75.38	82.75
Days of inventory on hand	115.37	111.56	110	140.26	142.46
Receivables turnover	2.81	3.14	3	2.49	2.93
Payables turnover	4.89	5.35	6.28	4.84	4.41
Inventory turnover	3.16	3.27	3.32	2.6	2.56
ROE	0.06	0.44	0.42	0.2	0.39
Capex per share	-3.95	-4.93	-4.75	-3.89	-4.54

Quarterly Fundamentals Overview

Last date of statement is 2022-09-30 for Q3

Metric	2021-09-30	2021-12-31	2022-03-31	2022-06-30	2022-09-30
Revenue per share	22.79	25.61	25.42	26.83	28.56
Net income per share	2.62	3.94	2.88	3.15	3.89
Operating cash flow per share	3.2	2.62	0.59	4.21	4.73
Free cash flow per share	2.12	1.16	-0.68	3.08	3.55
Cash per share	17.36	17.18	12.21	11.33	12.09
Book value per share	30.63	30.6	31.93	29.62	29.7
Tangible book value per share	16.95	16.99	18.4	16.34	16.62
Share holders equity per share	30.63	30.6	31.93	29.62	29.7
Interest debt per share	67.83	70.36	70.52	69.81	69.78
Market cap	104.43B	111.37B	119.1B	94.92B	86.14B
Enterprise value	131.77B	139.91B	150.16B	125.87B	116.32B
P/E ratio	18.31	13.13	19.37	14.18	10.55
Price to sales ratio	8.42	8.07	8.76	6.66	5.75
POCF ratio	60.02	78.87	380.5	42.51	34.72
PFCF ratio	90.57	177.62	-325.4	57.95	46.21
P/B Ratio	6.27	6.76	6.98	6.04	5.53
PTB ratio	6.27	6.76	6.98	6.04	5.53
EV to sales	10.63	10.14	11.05	8.83	7.76
Enterprise value over EBITDA	52.69	43.09	56.2	45.59	38.36
EV to operating cash flow	75.73	99.08	479.73	56.37	46.88
EV to free cash flow	114.28	223.14	-410.26	76.84	62.4
Earnings yield	0.01	0.02	0.01	0.02	0.02
Free cash flow yield	0.01	0.01	0	0.02	0.02
Debt to equity	1.63	1.58	1.48	1.67	1.64
Debt to assets	0.79	0.8	0.79	0.81	0.81
Net debt to EBITDA	10.93	8.79	11.62	11.21	9.95
Current ratio	1.61	1.46	1.44	1.45	1.41
Interest coverage	14.6	14.38	17.02	18	22.25
Income quality	1.22	0.67	0.2	1.33	1.22
Dividend Yield	0.01	0.01	0	0.01	0.01
Payout ratio	0.43	0.28	0.39	0.35	0.31
Sales general and administrative to revenue	0	0	0	0	0
Research and developement to revenue	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.03
Intangibles to total assets	0.09	0.09	0.09	0.09	0.09
Capex to operating cash flow	-0.34	-0.56	-2.17	-0.27	-0.25
Capex to revenue	-0.05	-0.06	-0.05	-0.04	-0.04
Capex to depreciation	-0.99	-1.34	-1.22	-1.08	-1.12
Stock based compensation to revenue	0	0	0	0	0
Graham number	42.51	52.05	45.45	45.82	50.97
ROIC	0.03	0.03	0.04	0.04	0.05
Return on tangible assets	0.02	0.03	0.02	0.02	0.03
Graham Net	-65.05	-68.63	-70.22	-72.33	-71.81
Working capital	15.92B	13.61B	13.04B	13.02B	12.38B
Tangible asset value	9.22B	9.15B	9.84B	8.68B	8.72B
Net current asset value	-22.2B	-22.82B	-22.61B	-23.37B	-22.71B
Invested capital	2.21	2.29	2.2	2.35	2.34
Average receivables	16.94B	17.35B	17.73B	17.32B	17.2B
Average payables	7.66B	8.12B	8.23B	8.09B	8.18B
Average inventory	14.77B	14.96B	15.46B	15.88B	16.37B
Days sales outstanding	120.27	113.33	120.13	109.38	102.5
Days payables outstanding	74.43	72.62	77.86	72.14	71.81
Days of inventory on hand	140.92	125.02	140.03	141.58	146.57
Receivables turnover	0.75	0.79	0.75	0.82	0.88
Payables turnover	1.21	1.24	1.16	1.25	1.25
Inventory turnover	0.64	0.72	0.64	0.64	0.61
ROE	0.09	0.13	0.09	0.11	0.13
Capex per share	-1.08	-1.46	-1.27	-1.12	-1.18

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CAT Frequently Asked Questions

What is Caterpillar Inc. stock symbol ?

Caterpillar Inc. is a US stock , located in Deerfield of Illinois and trading under the symbol CAT

Is Caterpillar Inc. buy or a sell ?

30 stock analysts have 30 predictions with a medium analyst target price of $236.77. The lowest prediction is $142 and the highest is $290

What is CAT stock prediction ?

With a median analyst target price of $246, 3 stock analysts have made 3 forecasts in last 90 days. $230 is the lowest and $266 is the greatest projection.

What is Caterpillar Inc. stock quote today ?

Caterpillar Inc. stock price is $236.13 today.

Is Caterpillar Inc. stock public?

Yes, Caterpillar Inc. is a publicly traded company.

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Company Profile

Volume Average 3.14M
Market Capitalization 122.88B
Employee 107.7K
CEO Mr. Donald Umpleby
Headquarters Deerfield,ILLINOIS,US
IPO Date 1929-12-02
Website https://www.caterpillar.com

Caterpillar Inc. manufactures and sells construction and mining equipment, diesel and natural gas engines, and industrial gas turbines. Its Construction Industries segment offers asphalt pavers, compactors, cold planers, feller bunchers, harvesters, motorgraders, pipelayers, road reclaimers, skidders, telehandlers, and utility vehicles; backhoe, knuckleboom, compact track, multi-terrain, skid steer, and track-type loaders; forestry and wheel excavators; and site prep and track-type tractors. The company's Resource Industries segment provides electric rope and hydraulic shovels, draglines, rotary drills, hard rock vehicles, track-type tractors, mining trucks, longwall miners, wheel loaders, off-highway and articulated trucks, wheel tractor scrapers, wheel dozers, landfill and soil compactors, machinery components, electronics and control systems, select work tools, and hard rock continuous mining systems. Its Energy & Transportation segment offers reciprocating engine powered generator sets; reciprocating engines and integrated systems for the power generation, marine, oil, and gas industries; turbines, centrifugal gas compressors, and related services; remanufactured reciprocating engines and components; and diesel-electric locomotives and components, and other rail-related products. The company's Financial Products segment provides operating and finance leases, installment sale contracts, working capital loans, and wholesale financing; and insurance and risk management products. Its All Other operating segment manufactures filters and fluids, undercarriage, ground engaging tools, fluid transfer products, precision seals, and rubber sealing and connecting components; parts distribution; integrated logistics solutions and distribution services; and digital investments services. The company was formerly known as Caterpillar Tractor Co. and changed its name to Caterpillar Inc. in 1986. The company was founded in 1925 and is headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois.